Well, everyone should know the popular song, Tik Tok by Ke$ha or at least heard of it. It was the number 1 on billboard list for nine consecutive weeks. Her upcoming album, Animal was highly anticipated and hit stores on January 5, 2010. I loved the song Tik Tok …

Emphasizing the importance of Persian culture in her work, the Iranian-born singer calls her second studio album the word “Shabrang” - that was the name of the black horse belonging to Siyâvash from the book of the Shahnameh kings. Siyâvash symbolizes virtue, honesty and courage - being the son …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Video: “Upgrade U”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina and Beyonce
“Upgrade U” is the fourth single and music video (following “Deja Vu”, “Ring the Alarm”, and “Irreplaceable”) from Beyonce’s second album titled “B-Day”. Was this music video directed by Hype Williams? Oh wait, no, it was actually co-directed by …

Lil’ Kim ft. Puff Daddy
“No Time”
Hardcore
Atlantic/Bad Boy
In the booming years of Puff Daddy’s record label, Bad Boy Records, he was still putting his marketing niche together and churning out hits together at the same time as he continuously found the new talent and signed them up. By 1996, they …

I’m So Tired is a track by The Beatles which appears on their self-titled album, or The White Album. Unlike the rest of the album, I’m So Tired is actually a very laid-back track, and as the name would imply, it has a very sleepy feel and tone to …

Welcome to the Black Parade is the latest album from the Emo band My Chemical Romance (2006). After hearing the single, before the album hit the shelves, I was apprehensive about the album. The single has a completely different feel and sound from My Chemical Romance�s previous …

The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas - Christmas Memories CD is an album of classic holiday tunes from a variety of entertainers. It really is an eclectic group of performers. There’s someone for everyone.
The extremely popular Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the opening number, and it’s performed by …

The metal band Cannibal Corpse is a group of sick musicians and I mean sick in a real good way. I don’t think these guys are talented when it comes to making music but these guys have voices like you wouldn’t believe when it comes to belting out brutal …

Before purchasing “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats,” my exposure to Regina Spektor had mostly been listening to her songs on YouTube and, later, purchasing them on iTunes. As someone who had only listened to her light and happy songs, I was pleasantly surprised when I put the …

Fell In Love With A Girl is a song by the White Stripes which appears on their album White Blood Cells. The track opens up with a fairly recognizable riff which is incredibly energetic before Jack’s vocals come in as well as Meg’s drumming. The vocal delivery is incredibly …

Pep Love, from the infamous Hieroglyphics and Souls of Mischief crew is not famous. He is not featured on the radio. He has no videos on MTV or BET. But he is one of the best rappers in the business. Catchy, intelligent lyrics matched with a spitfire style, Pep …

Spirit In Black is a song by Slayer which appears on their record Seasons In The Abyss. Spirit In Black starts off with a very aggressive riff which starts out primarily in the right channel before coming through both channels. Araya comes in with the vocal melody of this …

Overview —“ Dirt, the second album by Alice In Chains, continues with the sound that was developed and put forth on their debut album, but now it’s darker and sounds a lot more haunting, a lot of this due to Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley. Generally I’m not a …

Apples And Oranges is a single by Pink Floyd which is one of their earlier singles and is written by original member Syd Barrett. The track starts off with a guitar part which has a strong effect on it which gives an odd sound to the instrument before Barrett …

I have been a huge fan of the 1970’s Canadian rock band, The Stampeders my whole life. My parents loved them before I was born, so I grew up listening to them, and for the last 5 years I have been blessed to see them each year at the …

Back Street Girl is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Between The Buttons. This track starts off with a nice and melodic acoustic guitar pattern in the introduction of this song and also features what sounds to be a faint recorder as well. Jagger …

Everything Is is the first EP released by Neutral Milk Hotel which is comprised of four tracks: Everything Is, Snow Song Pt. 1, Aunt Eggma Blowtorch, and Tuesday Moon. In terms of the diversity of the record, I would say that the EP does do a pretty good job …

After hearing the first album by the Pussycat dolls, I was pretty impressed and I liked to listen to it a lot. Time went on for a while, and nothing new had come out from them, until now. As soon as I saw that that The Pussycat dolls were having …

Overview —“ Painkiller, the 12th album released by Judas Priest, is surprisingly one of my favorite albums ever released by them. I said surprisingly because generally, by a band’s 12th album they really aren’t very good anymore, or at least they’re not all that great, but something about this …

I wanted to write a review about this children’s show called Jack’s Big Music Show. Not only is the show focused on music, it showcases all kinds of music. From rock, to opera, to jazz and dance, and everything in between. I think music is so important not only …

Television’s Greatest Hits - Volume 5: The 60’s and 70’s is a collection of 65 TV themes on CD. Talk about fun. This CD transports the listening back in time to visit with old friends in all genres of television. A minute ago I listened to …

Pancho and Lefty by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson reminds me of a the wild west days. When I listen to it I can picture someone like Butch Cassidy riding off into the sunset after a robbery and being chased by the US Marshalls. I often visualize that it …

Youth album released in November 2004. Collective Soul is an alternative rock band who came from Georgia, United States. Collective Soul inherited the style of guitar playing as the groups classic rock music in the decade 1970 to 1980. Influenced by Elton John, but their music can sometimes be …

Strawberry Fields Forever is a song by The Beatles which appears on their most psychedelic work, Magical Mystery Tour. The song starts off with a very melodic sound which sounds almost as if the song were in a dream before Lennon comes in gently with the vocals as this …

I only got introduced to the singer Elise Estrada after I heard her song entitled Lipstick on the radio. I thought, what great song it was, it has all the feelings of a young woman who pretends she is not in love with a man to whom she …

When I first listened to this music, Don’t Change Me For the Crime by Jonas Brothers, I thought I was listening to something really cool. If I hadn’t known this to be the Jonas Brothers singing, I would thought the song is done up by some indie type of …

This is one of the music channels on directv. Overall it’s pretty good but they could put some better music on it. I listen to it sometimes. First I go to xmhitlist, then I go to 20 on 20 then I go to this channel. Mostly they have alternative …

Hey Bulldog is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Yellow Submarine. The track starts off with a very definitive piano riff which honestly reminds me of something from a spy movie to be honest, and when the guitar and bass join in, this thought is …

I am a very huge fan of bands like Nightwish, Within Temptation and other Symphonic Metal bands, and I am warming up to another band called Delain. What started my interest in Delain was this song called “The Gathering”. As a huge Nightwish fan, I was introduced to it …

This is a live album by Korn released in 2006, compiling odds and ends of material you are likely to already own. Most of these songs are from the special edition of Greatest Hits Vol.1, the hidden track Earache My Eye is the hidden track from follow the leader, …

Mother’s Little Helper is a song by the Rolling Stones which appears on Aftermath. The music isn’t anything too special on this track but the reason why I enjoy this track is because of Jagger’s vocal performance and the lyrics to this song as well which basically create a …

Hip-hop Veterans delivers flawless work
The old boys from The Roots has for 17 years defined how the hand played hip-hop should sound without compromising with their artistic integrity and desire to explore the genre’s possibilities. With drummer and producer, Quest Love as the captain of the hip-hop flagship The …

A great CD is Ultimate Power Ballads. I love this Cd so much. It has got some really great songs on it that I grew up with from the 1970’s and 1980’s. It brings back great memories and emotions.
I love the song “Beth” by KISS. …

I listened to Bittersweet World by Ashlee Simpson the other day and she does not sound like her sister at all. In fact, I thought it was another rendition of Avril Lavigne or something.
The album of this song is not that awesome. I sifted through the songs and …

Love You To, a track to appear on Revolver by The Beatles, is one of the tracks not written by John Lennon or Paul McCartney and written by lead guitarist George Harrison. For those who somewhat follow The Beatles then you’ll know that the group went to India for …

“Only Ash Remains” is the 6th track off of Necrophagist’s sophomore album “Epitaph”. For those of you who don’t know is a Technical Death Metal from Germany. Let’s get to the meat and potatoes shall we.
“Only Ash Remains” begins with a melodic and highly technical bass solo while the …

It’s been said that siblings are able to blend their voices with a special unity. When I listen to The Gatlin Brothers sing, I believe that. They have a very special harmony that is really joyous to listen to. This is never more apparent than with …

When I first heard on Plan B I simply ignored his music. It seemed such an odd name I didn’t think that what he would produce would be anything that good but the more I listen the more I like this guy.
His varied style I really like, his songs …

Overview —“ Sweating Bullets, another single and music video released by Megadeth for their fifth record, Countdown To Extinction, is a song whose lyrics deal with a mental disorder, dissociative identity disorder to be specific. Although I do find issues with the mind to be extremely interesting, I really …

I am sure that there would be people out there, who, when subjected to the music of this album by Sonic Youth, would find it almost ugly. But I personally find it very beautiful indeed. And I think that it is a matter of being able to see this …

Overview —“ Bonded By Blood, the debut album released by Exodus definitely established them as a thrash band to watch over. I think the only reason why this album didn’t receive a lot more attention, although it did still receive a lot, is because it was released in 1985 …

Anatholi Bulkin is a guitarist, known jazz compositions that attractive and interesting. Maybe like that seen in the album Initiation (1999), together, Anders Hentze (drums), and Jonas Reingold (bass). A progressive jazz album rich with elements of Afro-Cuban culture. Jazz compositions that He created quite a lot, with a …

Trace Adkins looks like a rough and tumble kind of guy and that’s exactly what you expect when you hear his music. Honkytonk Badonkadonk is a great song and it is all based around a woman and her rear end. Men love rear ends and Trace took the cue …

Only, another track by Nine Inch Nails for their record With Teeth, is an interesting track which deals with a mental personality disorder which is reminiscent of films such as Fight Club, Secret Window, or Shutter Island for those of you who have seen these. Only opens up with …

Nine Inch Nails is an alternative rock group that I think is just awesome. I saw them in concert the last time they came through town and Nine Inch Nails was amazing! I have really liked their music since the 1990s, and while I am not taken by all …

Garth Brooks does a song called Honky Tonk Bar Association. This song makes fun of our government. It talks about going and joining the Honky Tonk Bar Association which stands for going to a bar and getting drunk to solve your everyday problems. The bar does not require …

This is Pantera’s second album, the title comes from the movie The Exorcist. Released in 1992 and produced by Terry Date again, this album is far more aggressive than the last, tighter, darker, faster, and I don’t think it could have been much heavier. Mouth for war opens the …

Weathered is Creed’s third and final CD (they have since broken up). It includes rock songs such as Bullets, Freedom Fighter, Who’s Got my Back?, My Sacrifice, Stand Here with Me, and Hide. I enjoy all of the songs. Like other Creed CD’s, the music is …

I had the chance to purchase Dr. Dre 2001, also known as the Chronic 2001 and I thought that it was another classic hip hop album. Granted, it may not have been as good as the Chronic but still the beats were excellent as well as the productions …

This is Slipknot’s fourth album and third on Roadrunner Records, this time produced by Rick Rubin, and released in 2003. Slipknot changed their masks again, evolving them even further. Prelude 3.0 is a sort of introduction, the 3 comes from this being the third major release by the band. …